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		<title>Project Cost Management: A Mining Life Support</title>
		<link>http://www.harddollar.com/blog/index.php/2011/07/project-cost-management-a-mining-life-support/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 22:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hard Dollar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mining projects seem to have a life of their own, sometimes spanning over 40 years. If you’re one of those mining organizations that lack centralized services to handle the wide array of project needs, call the Doctor &#8211; because you are in serious need of a good way to track, manage, and prioritize the project cycle. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Secret Weapon to Winning the STO War: Project Cost Management</title>
		<link>http://www.harddollar.com/blog/index.php/2011/06/the-secret-weapon-to-winning-the-sto-war-project-cost-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A good plan executed today is better than a perfect plan executed at some indefinite point in the future.&#8221;- General George Patton, Jr. Shutdown, Turnaround and Outage management is sometimes like an all-out war, and the only way to win is with a detailed strategy and a whole lot of ammunition. While we hope you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smokey Says&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.harddollar.com/blog/index.php/2011/06/smokey-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hard Dollar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember&#8230; Only YOU Can Prevent Forest (STO) Fires   He’s old enough to collect social security, yet Smokey Bear’s message is still relevant and couldn’t apply more to Shutdown, Turnarounds and Outages. It’s up to you to take a proactive approach to preventing STO accidents. Poorly managed maintenance activities and procedures raise the risk of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Evolution of Shutdowns, Turnarounds, and Outages</title>
		<link>http://www.harddollar.com/blog/index.php/2011/06/the-evolution-of-shutdowns-turnarounds-and-outages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hard Dollar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Predict the Future with HD for STO &#8211; v.1 Over time, technology has evolved, making life easier and more convenient. Daily tasks would really be such a hassle if we still applied the primitive way of living to these modern times. The same is true with the planning and execution of Shutdowns, Turnarounds, and Outages. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Practices</title>
		<link>http://www.harddollar.com/blog/index.php/2011/05/best-practices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 17:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hard Dollar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learn How HD Solutions Will Decrease Time and Increase Total Revenue HD Project Cost Management provides a foundation for tracking and maintaining project management data at the highest possible level of detail. Best project management practices involve two factors: accountability for schedule and maintaining an accurate budget. Users of Project Cost Management software  are able [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make Life Easy, Use HD</title>
		<link>http://www.harddollar.com/blog/index.php/2011/03/make-life-easy-use-hd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.harddollar.com/blog/index.php/2011/03/make-life-easy-use-hd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hard Dollar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, it’s time to put on your thinking cap! What goes around the world but stays in a corner? Give up yet?  We’ll discuss the answer in a bit, but first, let’s talk about how managing projects doesn’t have to be as difficult as the above riddle. You shouldn’t invest in a system that will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SharePoint a Growing Industry Trend</title>
		<link>http://www.harddollar.com/blog/index.php/2011/02/sharepoint-a-growing-industry-trend/</link>
		<comments>http://www.harddollar.com/blog/index.php/2011/02/sharepoint-a-growing-industry-trend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hard Dollar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HD Project Cost Management &#38; Microsoft SharePoint Prove a Powerful Combo Collaboration through technology continues as an essential part of project management across many industries. Therefore, the use of Microsoft SharePoint attached to Project Cost Management is a growing trend for creating a powerful collaborative environment . As reported in Constructech Magazine, “Filling the SharePoint [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great Minds Think Alike: HD Collaboration</title>
		<link>http://www.harddollar.com/blog/index.php/2010/12/great-minds-think-alike-hd-collaboration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.harddollar.com/blog/index.php/2010/12/great-minds-think-alike-hd-collaboration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hard Dollar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It is the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.&#8221; &#8211; Charles Darwin Wow, maybe that old Darwin guy really knew what he was talking about.  Even way back then he proved how necessary it is that we collaborate to find advances. For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Instant Visibility Into Project Progress and Performance With HD</title>
		<link>http://www.harddollar.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/project-progress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.harddollar.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/project-progress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hard Dollar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scottsdale, AZ – December 4, 2009 – Hard Dollar Corporation, the leader in Project Cost Management today announced the release of Advanced Progress Tracking, adding instant visibility into progress and performance on planned activities, with side-by-side comparisons of the most critical factors that affect project success. Advanced Progress Tracking measures progress while increasing visibility to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating a Winning DOT Scorecard</title>
		<link>http://www.harddollar.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/creating-a-winning-dot-scorecard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.harddollar.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/creating-a-winning-dot-scorecard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hard Dollar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Companies can improve their chances of getting in the game by creating a strategic Scorecard for Geographic areas by following several steps including: monitoring “Shovel Ready” projects by state with resources like government sites stimuluswatch.org that lists projects by area, paying close attention to State eligibility daily status changes including what the Federal Government deems [...]]]></description>
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